Having high expectations is one of the most important things a parent can do, and yet research shows there's a gap between how much effort kids should be putting into academics and what they're actually doing.
Spring 2005 - Getting Students Ready for College: What Student Engagement Data Can Tell Us, Even though a large majority of high school students plan to enroll in some type of higher education, a substantial gap exists between what students do in terms of participating in educationally effective activities in high school and what they will be expected to do once in college, The High School Survey of Student Engagement, Indiana University.
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